Hamilton: Biggest Day Of My Life

Lewis Hamilton is prepared for the biggest day of his life as he stands on the verge of the 2014 Formula One world title.

Hamilton has a 17-point lead over Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg going into the final grand prix of the season at Abu Dhabi, a race which offers double points.

The 29-year-old will win the championship even if he finishes second and is not distracted by the attempts at mind games from Rosberg, with whom he has clashed on the track in Monaco and Belgium this season and who holds pole position for Sunday’s showdown.

"My number one focus tomorrow is just doing the best I can and driving the way I have been driving for quite some time,” said Hamilton.

"You want to get the pole, but just because I'm second doesn't mean we can't win.

"You can't really measure how big it is. It is obviously the biggest day of my life."

Hamilton is the overwhelming favourite to win the title but Rosberg has said the pressure may be too much for his team-mate to bear.

The pair have been rivals since their karting days at the age of 14 and qualifying in Abu Dhabi was a close contest between the two, with Rosberg capitalised on errors by Hamilton in the final session to take pole by 0.386secs.

The German said that advantage gives him high hopes for another slip-up but Hamilton is in no mood to allow the German, whose father Keke was world champion in 1982, to place doubts in his mind.

"I don't really pay much attention to him," he said.

"Today, I think in mistakes I made the same amount as him. He actually had to do an extra lap on the actual race tyre, which hopefully will have an effect tomorrow.

"There have been very, very few mistakes during the year so I am not worried. Of course Nico is trying everything possible in his head to come up with some kind of way of dealing with things -- that is how he deals with it.

"Me? I just keep it to myself and do my talking on the track."

The 2014 Abu Dhabi GP is live on Sky Sports F1 this weekend. Extensive coverage of the title-deciding race begins at 11:30am on Sunday with lights out at 1pm.